You're not the only one!

He sent me this reply when I asked him (politely) not to spam
me any more:

> > If you are not the one who should be receiving this
> > information, then please return this mail, with the
> > right email address listed.

I did a quick web search (from Yahoo) on 'spam', and sent the
following snippets from the web pages I found (which evidently
worked, 'cause I havn't received any more messages from him):

> I *am* the right person; please read:
>
> Spamming:
>
>  1. To post ten (10) or more messages similar in content to
>     Usenet or other newsgroups, forums, e-mail mailing lists
>     or other similar groups or lists.
>
>  2. To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, e-mail
>     mailing list or other similar group or list articles which
>     are off-topic according to the charter or other owner-
>     published FAQ or description of the group or list.
>
>  3. To send unsolicited e-mailings to more than twenty-five (25)
>     e-mail users, if such unsolicited e-mailings could reasonably
>     be expected to provoke complaints.
>
> Or this:
>
>  email spam: Messages delivered by electronic mail to large numbers
>              of recipients who did not ask for or otherwise solicit
>              the messages.
>
> And this:
>
> Why is SPAM bad? Did you ever wonder why your favourite webpage
> is taking so long to load? It could be that some SPAMmer has just
> launched a SPAM to 5,000,000 addresses, or to every USENET group
> in existence. Make no mistake - SPAM costs you money: It takes time
> to download junk-mail, you pay for the time, your ISP needs more
> storage and bandwidth ... and do you really think your ISP doesn't
> pass on the costs to you??? Click here for an article giving exact
> costs to ISPs - it is mind-boggling!
>
> SPAMmers sell snake-oil: No reputable companies use SPAMming as a
> way of selling their products, most of the messages are trying to
> sell SPAM software to other SPAMmers, promoting porno sites or
> medical quackery. Even so - SPAM is as SPAM does.
>
> DON'T send me any more.

I like what Joe Geiser is doing, too, and will warn and bill this
guy if I/DenKor receive anything else.

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